The practice must vary depending on the region and the tolerance level of the local police and parking enforcement. Around Montreal, when there’s no parking near a work site, some construction workers just abandon their pickup trucks anywhere there’s any amount of space, often in crosswalks because that’s where there’s “space” left, and jam a high-vis vest in their window to show “who they are”, hoping they won’t get a ticket. And apparently it works or they wouldn’t be doing it that much.
I find it dangerous for pedestrians as they are now emerging from both sides of a pickup truck higher than they are, making it difficult to see them from the vehicles passing that crosswalk, but it’s unfortunately a frequent thing here.
Can’t say that I’ve seen that one
The practice must vary depending on the region and the tolerance level of the local police and parking enforcement. Around Montreal, when there’s no parking near a work site, some construction workers just abandon their pickup trucks anywhere there’s any amount of space, often in crosswalks because that’s where there’s “space” left, and jam a high-vis vest in their window to show “who they are”, hoping they won’t get a ticket. And apparently it works or they wouldn’t be doing it that much.
I find it dangerous for pedestrians as they are now emerging from both sides of a pickup truck higher than they are, making it difficult to see them from the vehicles passing that crosswalk, but it’s unfortunately a frequent thing here.